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Arianna Simpson

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Arianna Simpson is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz where she invests in crypto. Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Arianna founded Autonomous Partners, an investment fund focused on cryptocurrencies and digital assets. She also helped launch Crystal Towers Capital, an early-stage fund investing primarily in YC companies, in 2015. Arianna previously spent time working in sales and product roles at Facebook and BitGo, an enterprise security company for bitcoin and other digital currencies.
Arianna earned dual degrees in International Politics and Spanish from the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State University. She grew up in Milan, Italy.

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Investing in Irreverent Labs

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7 Essential Ingredients of a Metaverse

by Elizabeth Harkavy, Eddy Lazzarin, and Arianna Simpson
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Investing in Goldfinch

by Arianna Simpson
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Investing in Mysten Labs

by Arianna Simpson
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From ariannasimpson

Daren Matsuoka@DarenMatsuoka

Iโ€™m excited to finally share what weโ€™ve been working on. The 2022 State of Crypto report is a data-driven analysis of the latest trends in web3. Be sure to check out the 50+ slides. In the meantime, here are some of the important data points that I'll be keeping an eye on. https://t.co/uTsFGAtbDO

Eddy Lazzarin โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ”ญ@eddylazzarin

@a16z @cdixon The underlying tech and experimentation continues to advance โ€” even in "crypto winter" โ€” renewing optimism and interest as new building blocks emerge. The result has been consistent long-term growth despite periods of volatility. https://t.co/Lc80EjGX1F

Eddy Lazzarin โ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ”ญ@eddylazzarin

This morning @a16z crypto published our first annual State of Crypto report. ๐Ÿ“Š It shows how far crypto has come โ€” and how early we still are โ€” in building the next generation of the internet. Here's a ๐Ÿงต of some highlights. https://t.co/4lOFUyqIWh

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